00872pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002800040245003900068260000900107300001300116362001100129520054500140650001900685773003400704180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSamarajiva, Rohan et al  aBig data to improve urban plaining  c2015  ap.42-48.  a30 May  aData analytics is a frontier field where the tools and techniques are still being developed. Expertise, a critical input, is in short supply, the other being access to data. Even so, Colombo-based LIRNEasia has demonstrated the value of mobile network big data for urban planning in Sri Lanka's capital city. Pseudonymised, historical call detail records from multiple mobile operators have been analysed to understand and monitor land use, congregations of people, peak and off-peak travel patterns, communities, and traffic. - Reproduced.  aUrban planning  aEconomic and Political Weekly